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Cleanup tool of Foxit PDF Editor/Reader for Windows

Answer

Support for Foxit PDF Editor v11 and v12 has been discontinued as of August 13, 2025. Upgrade to v14 to continue receiving support.

 

If you encounter some abnormal problem with uninstalling or upgrading Foxit Software, a cleanup tool to uninstall and clean the current Foxit PDF Editor may resolve it.

Common CleanUp Tool (Download Here)

Applicable scene

Used when an uninstall failure occurs on a single machine. (Example: a. The old version cannot be uninstalled. b. The new version can be installed, but the files are still old. c. The new version cannot be uninstalled. d. The message shows that the latest version already exists and the new version cannot be installed.)

Applicable version

Foxit Editor/Reader (v9.x-v14.x, v2023.x-v2026.x)

Instructions

Via UI:

a. Open the exe file and select the program to be cleaned.

b. Check the checkbox to ensure the files in the installation directory will be cleaned.

c. Click the Uninstall button

d. After the cleaning is complete, the Uninstall button becomes available again. In this case, click X in the upper right corner to close the tool.

 

Enterprise CleanUp Tool

For Foxit PDF Editor, download here.

For Foxit PDF Reader, download here.

Common CleanUp tool (msi), download here.

Applicable scene

when an enterprise distributes multiple client versions through tools like SCCM, it needs to uninstall multiple client versions through the distribution cleanup tool.

Applicable version

Foxit Editor/Reader (v9.x-v14.x, v2023.x-v2026.x)

Instructions (Use SCCM as an example)

1. Distributed through SCCM, Run the command line:

msiexec /i "FoxitPDFEditorCleanupTool.msi" /quiet

or

msiexec /i "FoxitPDFReaderCleanupTool.msi" /quiet


2. After the user's software center receives the cleanup tool, install the tool in the software center and wait for the installation to succeed.
3. Uninstall the cleanup tool in the software center to prevent the residue of the cleanup tool from affecting the installation and use of the new Editor/Reader.

 

Attention

1. Back up non-Foxit PDF Editor/Reader files in the installation directory before using the cleanup tool, because the uninstaller will forcibly clean all files in the installation directory.

2. The cleanup tools are only used when accidental uninstallation cannot be completed. To uninstall a program, uninstallation in the control panel or uninstall.exe in the installation directory first.